Beauty and the Beast

Performance dates are at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 14-15 and 21-22 and a 2 p.m. matinee on Oct. 16 and 23. Tickets are $20 for adults, $18 for seniors ages 62 and older, ...

Like “Alice in Wonderland,” Gross goes on a journey into different offices and meets different eccentric characters as he struggles to keep his place in the office now driven by this mad language. The stage manager is Abigail Marie, who last year appeared in the LEC production of Shakespeare’s “Merry Wives of Windsor.” Also, the author Havel is not only known as a playwright and novelist, but in the 1950s and ’60s was an activist fighting for democracy behind the Iron Curtain in Czechoslovakia. “The Memo” is presented at no charge, although the Theatre Department accepts donations. “All of our talented principals have done character work to make choices that both reflect and shed new light on the original Disney story,” Telepak says. “The original movie was most helpful [with] the vocals.” “We originally were going to stage ‘Beauty and the Beast’ back in 2020, but during COVID we had to postpone several times,” Telepak says. Laura Telepak directs this production after having worked on “Anything Goes” and “Shrek the Musical” with Silhouette Productions. “This cast has been collaborative, hardworking, patient and pulled together as a team to overcome it all in an incredible way,” she said. The Browns are losing. The leaves are turning. The mums are out.